Map Happy
Map Happy was made for practical traveling–just like the pros do it. Traveling is meant to be comfortable, efficient, enjoyable and more importantly open to doing more with. These days many find it to be one of the most stressful aspects behind their vacations, and as the blog says it, there are good and bad ways to deal with it. There are universal principles that need to be covered before and during one’s travels, this blog helps elucidate that concept in a way the say to channel your “inner George Clooney”. Map Happy is all about preparation, from planning trips to planning baggage and excursion to and from the airport, it holds a diversity of thought through blog posts by multiple bloggers as a collective. Everything one needs to know pertaining to travels can be found here, from remembering the SOS signal in morse, getting money when losing all forms of cash and payment on you, as well as providing many reference charts for readers to work off of to ensure their smoothest journeys. The blog discerns between the different forms of travel, whether its for adventure, business related or even study abroad, there are things everyone needs to know and always advice to be given. If there are struggles regarding bags being held up by customs, preventing lost passports, this blog has that covered. Countless guides surface throughout the blog documenting ways new parents can travel with their babies, surviving holiday travel season, as well as itineraries and the many types of transit that would be needed along the way. This is all based off personal experiences from the many contributors on the website. Tips on how to utilize luxury or work a budget while traveling are also included, as well as the many resources available like the inclusion of calculators for various activities from booking airplanes to the amount being saved by bringing personal toiletries. Again, if you want to know how to exchange shekels for dollars in a country or buying a wine bottle in France, this blog has you covered.